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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
strictly guarded by the customs administration, which has its officials 
stationed on the premises. Storage of goods in, and delivery of 
goods from, the private bonded warehouses are done only by the 
coolies acting with the sanction of the customs. The private bonded 
warehouses can receive and store only articles approved by the minis 
ter of finance. The goods being placed in the bonded warehouses 
must be deposited in a particular quarter of the warehouse selected 
by a customs official. No changes in the quarter so selected can be 
effected without official sanction. The proprietor of a private bonded 
warehouse must, by the instruction of the customs, select the ground 
and provide the necessary means for the inspection of the goods. 
The doors of the private warehouse must be fastened with double 
locks, the customs retaining one of the keys and the other remaining 
in the custody of the warehouse owner. Every removal of goods to 
or from the warehouses must be done only in the presence of the cus 
toms officials. Any repairs, changes, or alterations of the construc 
tion or changes of floor spaces to be made may be effected only after 
official sanction, and upon completion the work must at once be in 
spected by customs officers. In instances of discovery of any unusual 
occurrence to the warehouses or their contents, the customs must at 
once be notified and an inspection applied for. In case the goods are 
lost or stolen, the proprietor of the warehouse is responsible for the 
customs duties thereon. As to the party responsible for the goods 
so lost or stolen, see Article XX, Chapter III, of the warehouse law. 
Hunter Sharp, 
Vice-Consul in Charge. 
Kobe, Japan, November 26,190If. 
LAW RELATING TO BONDED WAREHOUSES IN JAPAN. 
[Law No. 105, March 29, 1897.] 
Chapter I.—General rules. 
Article I. Bonded warehouses are the places where imported goods are to 
he deposited without paying customs duty. 
Art. II. While the goods remain in the bond, they are not considered to 
have been imported for consumption. 
Art. III. For the goods in bond, customs duty shall he payable upon their 
quality and quantity at the time of admission into the warehouse. 
Art. IV. Goods to be conveyed to or to be transported from the warehouse 
shall follow the route indicated by a special order from the authorities. 
Art. V. Classification of merchandise which may be allowed to be deposited 
in bond will be determined by a special order of the minister in charge. 
Art. VI. Bonding of imported.goods shall be subjected, besides the present 
law, to the rules and regulations of the imperial customs. 
Art. VII. The goods deposited in the bonded warehouse shall not remain 
Hierein a longer term than one year. 
Art. VIII. In case of removal of goods from a bonded warehouse to 
another, the time of their term shall be reckoned from the date of their first 
warehousing entry. 
Art. IX. In case of transport of bonded goods, the owner may be ordered 
to deposit with the authorities the amount of money corresponding to the 
duties payable upon such goods. In case of such goods not reaching their 
destination within a year from the date of landing, customs duties will be 
levied upon the same.